Will Gates end his CES run with a bang by making a blockbuster Xbox announcement?
Jan 2nd, 2008 by admin
Submitted by VideoGame2PlayVideoGame2Play
The Seattle Times published the following speculation regarding Bill Gates final keynote swan song at the upcoming CES this Sunday in Las Vegas.
With video games becoming one of the biggest forms of entertainment and a focal point of consumer electronics and the digital home, Gates will probably share the stage with Bach, the Microsoft executive in charge of the Xbox business.
They’re likely to remind the retail crowd the Xbox 360 is holding its own, and the number of games sold per console is much higher than it is for Sony’s PlayStation 3 or Nintendo’s Wii.
Saving the best for last, Gates could end his CES run with a bang by making a blockbuster Xbox announcement.
I’ve speculated on my blog that Microsoft may be preparing to license the Xbox gaming platform to consumer-electronics companies.
In particular, Microsoft could work with Toshiba to develop a digital video recorder with a hard-drive, high-definition HD-DVD drive and Xbox gaming capabilities. They’re already allied against Sony and other backers of the Blu-ray DVD format, and Toshiba could help Xbox finally penetrate the Japanese market.
Microsoft could also make a splash by announcing plans to give the Xbox 360 an internal HD-DVD drive, putting it on par with Sony’s PlayStation 3 that has a built-in Blu-ray drive.
But then again, Gates may want to keep everyone in suspense about the next Xbox, in case he decides to return to CES after all.
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